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30 Cards in this Set
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philosophical “wall” of Soviet domination and oppression
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iron curtain
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U.S. policy of resistance to Soviet attempts at expanding communism
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Containment
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competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world
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Cold War
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countries subject to Soviet domination
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satellite nations
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committee that probed the government for Communist infiltration
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HUAC
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a military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
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Warsaw Pact
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American financial aid program for helping Western Europe recover
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Marshall Plan
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means of transporting supplies around a Soviet blockade
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Berlin airlift
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describes satellite nations
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nations dominated by the Soviet Union
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What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
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to support nations trying to resist Soviet control.
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The Berlin airlift was President Truman’s response to the
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Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
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In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union
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created the Warsaw Pact.
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What was the outcome of the Korean War?
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Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.
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What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
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He encouraged a widespread fear of communism.
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At the Yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to
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divide the defeated Germany into four sectors—American, British, French, and Soviet.
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The Soviet Union wanted to rebuild after the war in ways that would
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protect its own interests
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After the war, the Soviet Union quickly took control of
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several Eastern European countries.
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For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by
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political conflict and military tensions
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What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?
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to create stable democracies that could resist communism
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Kennedy won the 1960 election by a
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very slim margin.
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As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis,
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the Soviets removed their missiles from Cuba
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What did the Warren Commission decide about the Kennedy assassination?
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Kennedy was killed by one man who had worked alone.
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President Kennedy asked for a huge increase in military spending because
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he was afraid that the Soviet Union planned to take over Europe.
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What brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?
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the Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Soviets built the Berlin Wall in order to prevent
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East Germans from fleeing to the West.
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The policy of making the military power of the United States and its allies so strong that no enemy would dare attack it for fear of retaliation is known as
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deterrence.
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In the televised presidential debates between Kennedy and Nixon, Kennedy appeared to be
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more polished than Nixon.
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One obstacle Kennedy faced in his quest for the presidency was his
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age.
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Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) charged numerous Hollywood figures with
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being sympathetic to Communist ideas.
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What was an immediate result of the Truman Doctrine?
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Congress approved $400 million to help Turkey and Greece resist Soviet influence.
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